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# ePub Exports

API for exporting courses as an ePub

#### A CourseEpubExport object looks like: <a href="#courseepubexport" id="courseepubexport"></a>

```js
// Combination of a Course & EpubExport.
{
  // the unique identifier for the course
  "id": 101,
  // the name for the course
  "name": "Maths 101",
  // ePub export API object
  "epub_export": null
}
```

#### An EpubExport object looks like: <a href="#epubexport" id="epubexport"></a>

```js
{
  // the unique identifier for the export
  "id": 101,
  // the date and time this export was requested
  "created_at": "2014-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  // attachment api object for the export ePub (not present until the export
  // completes)
  "attachment": {"url":"https:\/\/example.com\/api\/v1\/attachments\/789?download_frd=1"},
  // The api endpoint for polling the current progress
  "progress_url": "https://example.com/api/v1/progress/4",
  // The ID of the user who started the export
  "user_id": 4,
  // Current state of the ePub export: created exporting exported generating
  // generated failed
  "workflow_state": "exported"
}
```

## [List courses with their latest ePub export](#method.epub_exports.index) <a href="#method.epub_exports.index" id="method.epub_exports.index"></a>

[EpubExportsController#index](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/epub_exports_controller.rb)

#### `GET /api/v1/epub_exports`

**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/epub_exports`

A paginated list of all courses a user is actively participating in, and the latest ePub export associated with the user & course.

Returns a list of [CourseEpubExport](#courseepubexport) objects.

## [Create ePub Export](#method.epub_exports.create) <a href="#method.epub_exports.create" id="method.epub_exports.create"></a>

[EpubExportsController#create](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/epub_exports_controller.rb)

#### `POST /api/v1/courses/:course_id/epub_exports`

**Scope:** `url:POST|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/epub_exports`

Begin an ePub export for a course.

You can use the [Progress API](https://developerdocs.instructure.com/services/canvas/resources/pages/3xnEhMZQuJstdXB8KHiv#method.progress.show) to track the progress of the export. The export's progress is linked to with the *progress\_url* value.

When the export completes, use the [Show content export](#method.epub_exports.show) endpoint to retrieve a download URL for the exported content.

Returns an [EpubExport](#epubexport) object.

## [Show ePub export](#method.epub_exports.show) <a href="#method.epub_exports.show" id="method.epub_exports.show"></a>

[EpubExportsController#show](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms/blob/master/app/controllers/epub_exports_controller.rb)

#### `GET /api/v1/courses/:course_id/epub_exports/:id`

**Scope:** `url:GET|/api/v1/courses/:course_id/epub_exports/:id`

Get information about a single ePub export.

Returns an [EpubExport](#epubexport) object.

***

This documentation is generated directly from the Canvas LMS source code, available [on Github](https://github.com/instructure/canvas-lms).


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